Systems and Methods for a Symbol-Adaptable Keyboard

ABSTRACT

In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a communication session between a first user and one or more second users. The method also includes determining a social context of the communication session, and determining based at least in part on the social context a set of symbols for communication by the first user in the communication session with the second users. The method further includes providing for display to the first user a set of keys corresponding to the set of symbols. The keys indicate symbols for input by the first user in the communication session.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for providinginput to a computer system, including providing input to a mobilecomputing and/or communication system using an input device having anelectronic visual display, such as a touch screen, and adaptingcharacteristics of the input device to usage during particularcommunication sessions.

BACKGROUND

Mobile computing and communication devices, such as cellphones, PDAs,tablet computers, and mini-laptops, are widely used to perform a varietyof computing and communication tasks. Computing devices can include oneor more input devices to receive input from a user, including akeyboard, pointing device, microphone, camera, or other suitable inputdevice. Some computing devices can allow a user to provide input on anelectronic visual display, such as a touch screen. In this manner, auser can provide input by touching a certain portions of the electronicvisual display corresponding to a desired input. Mobile computingdevices may also execute software applications, such as games, webbrowsers, or social-networking applications. With social-networkingapplications, users may connect, communicate, and share information withother users in their social networks.

SUMMARY OF PARTICULAR EMBODIMENTS

The purpose and advantages of the disclosed subject matter will be setforth in and apparent from the description that follows, as well as willbe learned by practice of the disclosed subject matter. Additionaladvantages of the disclosed subject matter will be realized and attainedby the methods and systems particularly pointed out in the writtendescription and claims hereof, as well as from the appended drawings.

To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purposeof the disclosed subject matter, as embodied and broadly described, thedisclosed subject matter is related to a method including detecting acommunication session between a first user and one or more second users,determining a social context of the communication session, determiningbased at least in part on the social context a set of symbols forcommunication by the first user in the communication session with thesecond users, and providing for display to the first user a set of keyscorresponding to the set of symbols, the keys indicating symbols forinput by the first user in the communication session.

For example and as embodied herein, such a method may allow an automaticdisplay of a set of keys that correspond to symbols that a user is mostlikely (or desires) to communicate with during a communication session.As an example, based on a determination that a social context of acommunication session corresponds to symbols in the Russian language, aset of keys corresponding to a set of Russian symbols may be displayedto the user. As such, the user may be able to communicate in Russianduring a communication session without having to manually switch thedisplayed set of keys from, for example, English symbols, to, forexample, Russian symbols.

In some embodiments, a communications session may include an e-mail sentfrom the user, a Short Message Service (SMS) message sent from the user,an Instant Messaging (IM) session involving the user, a post by the userto a profile page of another user (such as the user posting to theprofile page of one of the user's friends), a comment by the user oncontent associated with another user (such as a comment by the userabout a picture uploaded by one of the user's friends), any other typeof communication by the user, or any combination of the preceding.

Furthermore, and as embodied herein, a social context of a communicationsession may include information about one or more circumstances of thecommunication session, such as a particular language that the user andanother user communicate in (such as if both the user and the user'sfriend communicate in Russian), a previous communication between theuser and another user (such as if during the last communication, theuser and the user's friend communicated in English or agreed tocommunicate in English during the next communication), a relationship ofthe user to another user (such as if the user and the user's family onlycommunicate with each other in Chinese), one or more computing devicesbeing used by the user and the other users in the communication session(such as the identity or type of computing devices being used), softwareapplications being used by the user and the other users in thecommunication session (such as if the user and the user's friend arecommunicating while playing a particular game, such as chess), subjectmatter of the communication session (such as the user and the user'sfriend using particular acronyms (such as “LOL”) while communicating),other information about one or more circumstances of the communicationsession, or any combination of the preceding. In some embodiments, thesymbols for input by the user in the communication session may becharacters of a language (such as Russian, Chinese, Japanese, English,Spanish, any other language, or any combination of the preceding),alphanumeric characters, acronyms, logograms, pictograms, ideograms,mathematical symbols, typographical symbols, images, any other symbols,or any combination of the preceding.

The disclosed subject matter is also related to one or morecomputer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software thatis operable when executed to: detect a communication session between afirst user and one or more second users, determine a social context ofthe communication session, determine based at least in part on thesocial context a set of symbols for communication by the first user inthe communication session with the second users, and provide for displayto the first user a set of keys corresponding to the set of symbols, thekeys indicating symbols for input by the first user in the communicationsession.

The disclosed subject matter is further related to a system includingone or more processors and a memory coupled to the processors. Thememory includes instructions executable by the processors. Theprocessors are operable when executing the instructions to: detect acommunication session between a first user and one or more second users,determine a social context of the communication session, determine basedat least in part on the social context a set of symbols forcommunication by the first user in the communication session with thesecond users, and provide for display to the first user a set of keyscorresponding to the set of symbols, the keys indicating symbols forinput by the first user in the communication session.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates an example network environment associated with asocial-networking system.

FIG. 2 illustrates an example social graph.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example personal computing device.

FIG. 4 illustrates an example scenario in which a user provides input toa personal computing device.

FIG. 5A illustrates a virtual keyboard with keys that correspond to aset of English symbols.

FIG. 5B illustrates a virtual keyboard with keys that correspond to aset of Russian symbols.

FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary method for a symbol-adaptable keyboard.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example computer system.

DESCRIPTION OF EXAMPLE EMBODIMENTS

FIG. 1 illustrates an example network environment 100 associated with asocial-networking system. Network environment 100 includes a clientsystem 130, a social-networking system 160, and a third-party system 170connected to each other by a network 110. Although FIG. 1 illustrates aparticular arrangement of client system 130, social-networking system160, third-party system 170, and network 110, this disclosurecontemplates any suitable arrangement of client system 130,social-networking system 160, third-party system 170, and network 110.As an example and not by way of limitation, two or more of client system130, social-networking system 160, and third-party system 170 may beconnected to each other directly, bypassing network 110. As anotherexample, two or more of client system 130, social-networking system 160,and third-party system 170 may be physically or logically co-locatedwith each other in whole or in part. Moreover, although FIG. 1illustrates a particular number of client systems 130, social-networkingsystems 160, third-party systems 170, and networks 110, this disclosurecontemplates any suitable number of client systems 130,social-networking systems 160, third-party systems 170, and networks110. As an example and not by way of limitation, network environment 100may include multiple client system 130, social-networking systems 160,third-party systems 170, and networks 110.

This disclosure contemplates any suitable network 110. As an example andnot by way of limitation, one or more portions of network 110 mayinclude an ad hoc network, an intranet, an extranet, a virtual privatenetwork (VPN), a local area network (LAN), a wireless LAN (WLAN), a widearea network (WAN), a wireless WAN (WWAN), a metropolitan area network(MAN), a portion of the Internet, a portion of the Public SwitchedTelephone Network (PSTN), a cellular telephone network, or a combinationof two or more of these. Network 110 may include one or more networks110.

Links 150 may connect client system 130, social-networking system 160,and third-party system 170 to communication network 110 or to eachother. This disclosure contemplates any suitable links 150. Inparticular embodiments, one or more links 150 include one or morewireline (such as for example Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) or Data OverCable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS)), wireless (such as forexample Wi-Fi or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access(WiMAX)), or optical (such as for example Synchronous Optical Network(SONET) or Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)) links. In particularembodiments, one or more links 150 each include an ad hoc network, anintranet, an extranet, a VPN, a LAN, a WLAN, a WAN, a WWAN, a MAN, aportion of the Internet, a portion of the PSTN, a cellulartechnology-based network, a satellite communications technology-basednetwork, another link 150, or a combination of two or more such links150. Links 150 need not necessarily be the same throughout networkenvironment 100. One or more first links 150 may differ in one or morerespects from one or more second links 150.

In particular embodiments, client system 130 may be an electronic deviceincluding hardware, software, or embedded logic components or acombination of two or more such components and capable of carrying outthe appropriate functionalities implemented or supported by clientsystem 130. As an example and not by way of limitation, a client system130 may include a computer system such as a desktop computer, notebookor laptop computer, netbook, a tablet computer, e-book reader, GPSdevice, camera, personal digital assistant (PDA), handheld electronicdevice, cellular telephone, smartphone, other suitable electronicdevice, or any suitable combination thereof. This disclosurecontemplates any suitable client systems 130. A client system 130 mayenable a network user at client system 130 to access network 110. Aclient system 130 may enable its user to communicate with other users atother client systems 130.

In particular embodiments, client system 130 may include a web browser132, such as MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER, GOOGLE CHROME or MOZILLAFIREFOX, and may have one or more add-ons, plug-ins, or otherextensions, such as TOOLBAR or YAHOO TOOLBAR. A user at client system130 may enter a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or other addressdirecting the web browser 132 to a particular server (such as server162, or a server associated with a third-party system 170), and the webbrowser 132 may generate a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requestand communicate the HTTP request to server. The server may accept theHTTP request and communicate to client system 130 one or more Hyper TextMarkup Language (HTML) files responsive to the HTTP request. Clientsystem 130 may render a webpage based on the HTML files from the serverfor presentation to the user. This disclosure contemplates any suitablewebpage files. As an example and not by way of limitation, webpages mayrender from HTML files, Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language (XHTML)files, or Extensible Markup Language (XML) files, according toparticular needs. Such pages may also execute scripts such as, forexample and without limitation, those written in JAVASCRIPT, JAVA,MICROSOFT SILVERLIGHT, combinations of markup language and scripts suchas AJAX (Asynchronous JAVASCRIPT and XML), and the like. Herein,reference to a webpage encompasses one or more corresponding webpagefiles (which a browser may use to render the webpage) and vice versa,where appropriate.

In particular embodiments, social-networking system 160 may be anetwork-addressable computing system that can host an online socialnetwork. Social-networking system 160 may generate, store, receive, andsend social-networking data, such as, for example, user-profile data,concept-profile data, social-graph information, or other suitable datarelated to the online social network. Social-networking system 160 maybe accessed by the other components of network environment 100 eitherdirectly or via network 110. In particular embodiments,social-networking system 160 may include one or more servers 162. Eachserver 162 may be a unitary server or a distributed server spanningmultiple computers or multiple datacenters. Servers 162 may be ofvarious types, such as, for example and without limitation, web server,news server, mail server, message server, advertising server, fileserver, application server, exchange server, database server, proxyserver, another server suitable for performing functions or processesdescribed herein, or any combination thereof. In particular embodiments,each server 162 may include hardware, software, or embedded logiccomponents or a combination of two or more such components for carryingout the appropriate functionalities implemented or supported by server162. In particular embodiments, social-networking system 164 may includeone or more data stores 164. Data stores 164 may be used to storevarious types of information. In particular embodiments, the informationstored in data stores 164 may be organized according to specific datastructures. In particular embodiments, each data store 164 may be arelational, columnar, correlation, or other suitable database. Althoughthis disclosure describes or illustrates particular types of databases,this disclosure contemplates any suitable types of databases. Particularembodiments may provide interfaces that enable a client system 130, asocial-networking system 160, or a third-party system 170 to manage,retrieve, modify, add, or delete, the information stored in data store164.

In particular embodiments, social-networking system 160 may store one ormore social graphs in one or more data stores 164. In particularembodiments, a social graph may include multiple nodes—which may includemultiple user nodes (each corresponding to a particular user) ormultiple concept nodes (each corresponding to a particular concept)—andmultiple edges connecting the nodes. Social-networking system 160 mayprovide users of the online social network the ability to communicateand interact with other users. In particular embodiments, users may jointhe online social network via social-networking system 160 and then addconnections (e.g. relationships) to a number of other users ofsocial-networking system 160 whom they want to be connected to. Herein,the term “friend” may refer to any other user of social-networkingsystem 160 with whom a user has formed a connection, association, orrelationship via social-networking system 160.

In addition to interactions with other users, the social-networkingsystem 160 provides users with the ability to perform various types ofactivities with social networking objects supported by the system. Asocial networking object can represent a variety of things, including,without limitation, profiles, applications (e.g., games playable withinthe social networking system), events (e.g., a page representative of aconcert that users may attend), groups (e.g., a page to which user maybelong), entity based pages or hubs (e.g., a page constituting aparticular entity's presence on the social networking system), locationsassociated with a user (e.g., “Palo Alto, Calif., USA”), advertisements(e.g., a page including advertising content), user-generated contentitems (e.g., user posts), representations of physical or digital items,concepts, etc. A user can interact with a social networking object byassociating with the object or performing an action on the object. Forexample, a user can interact with an object by joining a group,attending an event, checking-in to a location, becoming a fan of anorganization's fan page, “liking” a fan page, posting to a fan page,etc. These are just a few examples of the objects upon which a user mayact on in a social networking system, and many others are possible.

In particular embodiments, social-networking system 160 may provideusers with the ability to take actions on various types of items orobjects, supported by social-networking system 160. As an example andnot by way of limitation, the items and objects may include groups orsocial networks to which users of social-networking system 160 maybelong, events or calendar entries in which a user might be interested,computer-based applications that a user may use, transactions that allowusers to buy or sell items via the service, interactions withadvertisements that a user may perform, or other suitable items orobjects. A user may interact with anything that is capable of beingrepresented in social-networking system 160 or by an external system ofthird-party system 170, which is separate from social-networking system160 and coupled to social-networking system 160 via a network 110.

In particular embodiments, social-networking system 160 may be capableof linking a variety of entities. As an example and not by way oflimitation, social-networking system 160 may enable users to interactwith each other as well as receive content from third-party systems 170or other entities, or to allow users to interact with these entitiesthrough an application programming interfaces (API) or othercommunication channels.

In particular embodiments, a third-party system 170 may include one ormore types of servers, one or more data stores, one or more interfaces,including but not limited to APIs, one or more web services, one or morecontent sources, one or more networks, or any other suitable components,e.g., that servers may communicate with. A third-party system 170 may beoperated by a different entity from an entity operatingsocial-networking system 160. In particular embodiments, however,social-networking system 160 and third-party systems 170 may operate inconjunction with each other to provide social-networking services tousers of social-networking system 160 or third-party systems 170. Inthis sense, social-networking system 160 may provide a platform, orbackbone, which other systems, such as third-party systems 170, may useto provide social-networking services and functionality to users acrossthe Internet.

In particular embodiments, a third-party system 170 may include athird-party content object provider. A third-party content objectprovider may include one or more sources of content objects, which maybe communicated to a client system 130. As an example and not by way oflimitation, content objects may include information regarding things oractivities of interest to the user, such as, for example, movie showtimes, movie reviews, restaurant reviews, restaurant menus, productinformation and reviews, or other suitable information. As anotherexample and not by way of limitation, content objects may includeincentive content objects, such as coupons, discount tickets, giftcertificates, or other suitable incentive objects.

In particular embodiments, social-networking system 160 also includesuser-generated content objects, which may enhance a user's interactionswith social-networking system 160. User-generated content may includeanything a user can add, upload, send, or “post” to social-networkingsystem 160. As an example and not by way of limitation, a usercommunicates posts to social-networking system 160 from a client system130. Posts may include data such as status updates or other textualdata, location information, photos, videos, links, music or othersimilar data or media. Content may also be added to social-networkingsystem 160 by a third-party through a “communication channel,” such as anewsfeed or stream.

In particular embodiments, social-networking system 160 may include avariety of servers, sub-systems, programs, modules, logs, and datastores. In particular embodiments, social-networking system 160 mayinclude one or more of the following: a web server, action logger,API-request server, relevance-and-ranking engine, content-objectclassifier, notification controller, action log,third-party-content-object-exposure log, inference module,authorization/privacy server, search module, advertisement-targetingmodule, user-interface module, user-profile store, connection store,third-party content store, or location store. Social-networking system160 may also include suitable components such as network interfaces,security mechanisms, load balancers, failover servers,management-and-network-operations consoles, other suitable components,or any suitable combination thereof. In particular embodiments,social-networking system 160 may include one or more user-profile storesfor storing user profiles. A user profile may include, for example,biographic information, demographic information, behavioral information,social information, or other types of descriptive information, such aswork experience, educational history, hobbies or preferences, interests,affinities, or location. Interest information may include interestsrelated to one or more categories. Categories may be general orspecific. As an example and not by way of limitation, if a user “likes”an article about a brand of shoes the category may be the brand, or thegeneral category of “shoes” or “clothing.” A connection store may beused for storing connection information about users. The connectioninformation may indicate users who have similar or common workexperience, group memberships, hobbies, educational history, or are inany way related or share common attributes. The connection informationmay also include user-defined connections between different users andcontent (both internal and external). A web server may be used forlinking social-networking system 160 to one or more client systems 130or one or more third-party system 170 via network 110. The web servermay include a mail server or other messaging functionality for receivingand routing messages between social-networking system 160 and one ormore client systems 130. An API-request server may allow a third-partysystem 170 to access information from social-networking system 160 bycalling one or more APIs. An action logger may be used to receivecommunications from a web server about a user's actions on or offsocial-networking system 160. In conjunction with the action log, athird-party-content-object log may be maintained of user exposures tothird-party-content objects. A notification controller may provideinformation regarding content objects to a client system 130.Information may be pushed to a client system 130 as notifications, orinformation may be pulled from client system 130 responsive to a requestreceived from client system 130. Authorization servers may be used toenforce one or more privacy settings of the users of social-networkingsystem 160. A privacy setting of a user determines how particularinformation associated with a user can be shared. The authorizationserver may allow users to opt in or opt out of having their actionslogged by social-networking system 160 or shared with other systems(e.g. third-party system 170), such as, for example, by settingappropriate privacy settings. Third-party-content-object stores may beused to store content objects received from third parties, such as athird-party system 170. Location stores may be used for storing locationinformation received from client systems 130 associated with users.Advertisement-pricing modules may combine social information, thecurrent time, location information, or other suitable information toprovide relevant advertisements, in the form of notifications, to auser.

FIG. 2 illustrates example social graph 200. In particular embodiments,social-networking system 160 may store one or more social graphs 200 inone or more data stores. In particular embodiments, social graph 200 mayinclude multiple nodes—which may include multiple user nodes 202 ormultiple concept nodes 204—and multiple edges 206 connecting the nodes.Example social graph 200 illustrated in FIG. 2 is shown, for didacticpurposes, in a two-dimensional visual map representation. In particularembodiments, a social-networking system 160, client system 130, orthird-party system 170 may access social graph 200 and relatedsocial-graph information for suitable applications. The nodes and edgesof social graph 200 may be stored as data objects, for example, in adata store (such as a social-graph database). Such a data store mayinclude one or more searchable or queryable indexes of nodes or edges ofsocial graph 200.

In particular embodiments, a user node 202 may correspond to a user ofsocial-networking system 160. As an example and not by way oflimitation, a user may be an individual (human user), an entity (e.g. anenterprise, business, or third-party application), or a group (e.g. ofindividuals or entities) that interacts or communicates with or oversocial-networking system 160. In particular embodiments, when a userregisters for an account with social-networking system 160,social-networking system 160 may create a user node 202 corresponding tothe user, and store the user node 202 in one or more data stores. Usersand user nodes 202 described herein may, where appropriate, refer toregistered users and user nodes 202 associated with registered users. Inaddition or as an alternative, users and user nodes 202 described hereinmay, where appropriate, refer to users that have not registered withsocial-networking system 160. In particular embodiments, a user node 202may be associated with information provided by a user or informationgathered by various systems, including social-networking system 160. Asan example and not by way of limitation, a user may provide his or hername, profile picture, contact information, birth date, sex, maritalstatus, family status, employment, education background, preferences,interests, or other demographic information. In particular embodiments,a user node 202 may be associated with one or more data objectscorresponding to information associated with a user. In particularembodiments, a user node 202 may correspond to one or more webpages.

In particular embodiments, a concept node 204 may correspond to aconcept. As an example and not by way of limitation, a concept maycorrespond to a place (such as, for example, a movie theater,restaurant, landmark, or city); a website (such as, for example, awebsite associated with social-network system 160 or a third-partywebsite associated with a web-application server); an entity (such as,for example, a person, business, group, sports team, or celebrity); aresource (such as, for example, an audio file, video file, digitalphoto, text file, structured document, or application) which may belocated within social-networking system 160 or on an external server,such as a web-application server; real or intellectual property (suchas, for example, a sculpture, painting, movie, game, song, idea,photograph, or written work); a game; an activity; an idea or theory;another suitable concept; or two or more such concepts. A concept node204 may be associated with information of a concept provided by a useror information gathered by various systems, including social-networkingsystem 160. As an example and not by way of limitation, information of aconcept may include a name or a title; one or more images (e.g. an imageof the cover page of a book); a location (e.g. an address or ageographical location); a website (which may be associated with a URL);contact information (e.g. a phone number or an email address); othersuitable concept information; or any suitable combination of suchinformation. In particular embodiments, a concept node 204 may beassociated with one or more data objects corresponding to informationassociated with concept node 204. In particular embodiments, a conceptnode 204 may correspond to one or more webpages.

In particular embodiments, a node in social graph 200 may represent orbe represented by a webpage (which may be referred to as a “profilepage”). Profile pages may be hosted by or accessible tosocial-networking system 160. Profile pages may also be hosted onthird-party websites associated with a third-party server 170. As anexample and not by way of limitation, a profile page corresponding to aparticular external webpage may be the particular external webpage andthe profile page may correspond to a particular concept node 204.Profile pages may be viewable by all or a selected subset of otherusers. As an example and not by way of limitation, a user node 202 mayhave a corresponding user-profile page in which the corresponding usermay add content, make declarations, or otherwise express himself orherself. As another example and not by way of limitation, a concept node204 may have a corresponding concept-profile page in which one or moreusers may add content, make declarations, or express themselves,particularly in relation to the concept corresponding to concept node204.

In particular embodiments, a concept node 204 may represent athird-party webpage or resource hosted by a third-party system 170. Thethird-party webpage or resource may include, among other elements,content, a selectable or other icon, or other inter-actable object(which may be implemented, for example, in JavaScript, AJAX, or PHPcodes) representing an action or activity. As an example and not by wayof limitation, a third-party webpage may include a selectable icon suchas “like,” “check in,” “eat,” “recommend,” or another suitable action oractivity. A user viewing the third-party webpage may perform an actionby selecting one of the icons (e.g. “eat”), causing a client system 130to send to social-networking system 160 a message indicating the user'saction. In response to the message, social-networking system 160 maycreate an edge (e.g. an “eat” edge) between a user node 202corresponding to the user and a concept node 204 corresponding to thethird-party webpage or resource and store edge 206 in one or more datastores.

In particular embodiments, a pair of nodes in social graph 200 may beconnected to each other by one or more edges 206. An edge 206 connectinga pair of nodes may represent a relationship between the pair of nodes.In particular embodiments, an edge 206 may include or represent one ormore data objects or attributes corresponding to the relationshipbetween a pair of nodes. As an example and not by way of limitation, afirst user may indicate that a second user is a “friend” of the firstuser. In response to this indication, social-networking system 160 maysend a “friend request” to the second user. If the second user confirmsthe “friend request,” social-networking system 160 may create an edge206 connecting the first user's user node 202 to the second user's usernode 202 in social graph 200 and store edge 206 as social-graphinformation in one or more of data stores 24. In the example of FIG. 2,social graph 200 includes an edge 206 indicating a friend relationbetween user nodes 202 of user “A” and user “B” and an edge indicating afriend relation between user nodes 202 of user “C” and user “B.”Although this disclosure describes or illustrates particular edges 206with particular attributes connecting particular user nodes 202, thisdisclosure contemplates any suitable edges 206 with any suitableattributes connecting user nodes 202. As an example and not by way oflimitation, an edge 206 may represent a friendship, family relationship,business or employment relationship, fan relationship, followerrelationship, visitor relationship, subscriber relationship,superior/subordinate relationship, reciprocal relationship,non-reciprocal relationship, another suitable type of relationship, ortwo or more such relationships. Moreover, although this disclosuregenerally describes nodes as being connected, this disclosure alsodescribes users or concepts as being connected. Herein, references tousers or concepts being connected may, where appropriate, refer to thenodes corresponding to those users or concepts being connected in socialgraph 200 by one or more edges 206.

In particular embodiments, an edge 206 between a user node 202 and aconcept node 204 may represent a particular action or activity performedby a user associated with user node 202 toward a concept associated witha concept node 204. As an example and not by way of limitation, asillustrated in FIG. 2, a user may “like,” “attended,” “played,”“listened,” “cooked,” “worked at,” or “watched” a concept, each of whichmay correspond to a edge type or subtype. A concept-profile pagecorresponding to a concept node 204 may include, for example, aselectable “check in” icon (such as, for example, a clickable “check in”icon) or a selectable “add to favorites” icon. Similarly, after a userclicks these icons, social-networking system 160 may create a “favorite”edge or a “check in” edge in response to a user's action correspondingto a respective action. As another example and not by way of limitation,a user (user “C”) may listen to a particular song (“Ramble On”) using aparticular application (SPOTIFY, which is an online music application).In this case, social-networking system 160 may create a “listened” edge206 and a “used” edge (as illustrated in FIG. 2) between user nodes 202corresponding to the user and concept nodes 204 corresponding to thesong and application to indicate that the user listened to the song andused the application. Moreover, social-networking system 160 may createa “played” edge 206 (as illustrated in FIG. 2) between concept nodes 204corresponding to the song and the application to indicate that theparticular song was played by the particular application. In this case,“played” edge 206 corresponds to an action performed by an externalapplication (SPOTIFY) on an external audio file (the song “Imagine”).Although this disclosure describes particular edges 206 with particularattributes connecting user nodes 202 and concept nodes 204, thisdisclosure contemplates any suitable edges 206 with any suitableattributes connecting user nodes 202 and concept nodes 204. Moreover,although this disclosure describes edges between a user node 202 and aconcept node 204 representing a single relationship, this disclosurecontemplates edges between a user node 202 and a concept node 204representing one or more relationships. As an example and not by way oflimitation, an edge 206 may represent both that a user likes and hasused at a particular concept. Alternatively, another edge 206 mayrepresent each type of relationship (or multiples of a singlerelationship) between a user node 202 and a concept node 204 (asillustrated in FIG. 2 between user node 202 for user “E” and conceptnode 204 for “SPOTIFY”).

In particular embodiments, social-networking system 160 may create anedge 206 between a user node 202 and a concept node 204 in social graph200. As an example and not by way of limitation, a user viewing aconcept-profile page (such as, for example, by using a web browser or aspecial-purpose application hosted by the user's client system 130) mayindicate that he or she likes the concept represented by the conceptnode 204 by clicking or selecting a “Like” icon, which may cause theuser's client system 130 to send to social-networking system 160 amessage indicating the user's liking of the concept associated with theconcept-profile page. In response to the message, social-networkingsystem 160 may create an edge 206 between user node 202 associated withthe user and concept node 204, as illustrated by “like” edge 206 betweenthe user and concept node 204. In particular embodiments,social-networking system 160 may store an edge 206 in one or more datastores. In particular embodiments, an edge 206 may be automaticallyformed by social-networking system 160 in response to a particular useraction. As an example and not by way of limitation, if a first useruploads a picture, watches a movie, or listens to a song, an edge 206may be formed between user node 202 corresponding to the first user andconcept nodes 204 corresponding to those concepts. Although thisdisclosure describes forming particular edges 206 in particular manners,this disclosure contemplates forming any suitable edges 206 in anysuitable manner.

In particular embodiments, information from social-networking system 160and/or social graph 200 may be explicit, stated information or explicitconnections of a user to a node, object, entity, brand, or page onsocial-networking system 160. In addition or as an alternative,information from social-networking system 160 and/or social graph 200may be inferred information (which may include analyzing a user'shistory, demographic, social or other activities, friends' social orother activities, subscriptions, or any of the preceding of other userssimilar to the user (based, e.g., on shared interests, connections, orevents)).

FIG. 3 illustrates an example personal computing device 300. Inparticular embodiments, personal computing device 300 may comprise aprocessor 310, a memory 320, a communication component 330 (e.g.,antenna and communication interface for wireless communications), one ormore input and/or output (I/O) components and/or interfaces 340, and oneor more sensors 350. In particular embodiments, one or more I/Ocomponents and/or interfaces 340 may incorporate one or more sensors350. In particular embodiments, personal computing device 300 maycomprise a computer system or and element thereof as described in FIG. 7and associated description. In particular embodiments, personalcomputing device 300 may be one example of a client system 130 of FIG.1.

In particular embodiments, a personal computing device, such as acomputing device, may include various types of sensors 350, such as, forexample and without limitation: touch sensors (disposed, for example, ona display of the device, the back of the device and/or one or morelateral edges of the device) for detecting a user touching the surfaceof the mobile electronic device (e.g., using one or more fingers);accelerometer for detecting whether the personal computing device 300 ismoving and the speed of the movement; thermometer for measuring thetemperature change near the personal computing device 300; proximitysensor for detecting the proximity of the personal computing device 300to another object (e.g., a hand, desk, or other object); light sensorfor measuring the ambient light around the personal computing device300; imaging sensor (e.g., camera) for capturing digital still imagesand/or video of objects near the personal computing device 300 (e.g.,scenes, people, bar codes, QR codes, etc.); location sensors (e.g.,Global Positioning System (GPS)) for determining the location (e.g., interms of latitude and longitude) of the mobile electronic device;sensors for detecting communication networks within close proximity(e.g., near field communication (NFC), Bluetooth, RFID, infrared);chemical sensors; biometric sensors for biometrics-based (e.g.,fingerprint, palm vein pattern, hand geometry, iris/retina, DNA, face,voice, olfactory, sweat) authentication of user of personal computingdevice 300; etc. This disclosure contemplates that a mobile electronicdevice may include any applicable type of sensor. Sensors may providevarious types of sensor data, which may be analyzed to determine theuser's intention with respect to the mobile electronic device at a giventime.

In particular embodiments, a sensors hub 360 may optionally be includedin personal computing device 300. Sensors 350 may be connected tosensors hub 360, which may be a low power-consuming processor thatcontrols sensors 350, manages power for sensors 350, processes sensorinputs, aggregates sensor data, and performs certain sensor functions.In addition, in particular embodiments, some types of sensors 350 may beconnected to a controller 370. In this case, sensors hub 360 may beconnected to controller 370, which in turn is connected to sensor 350.Alternatively, in particular embodiments, there may be a sensor monitorin place of sensors hub 360 for managing sensors 350.

FIG. 4 illustrates an example scenario in which a user provides input toa personal computing device. FIG. 4 shows an example personal computingdevice 400. In particular embodiments, personal computing device 400includes a touch screen 405. As shown in FIG. 4, a user may wish to usepersonal computing device 400 to communicate with one or more additionalusers (e.g., such as friends and/or family of the user). In order to doso, a user can tap on the screen (or input another appropriateindication) to unlock the device, browse to a web page (or any otherapplication that allows a communications session to occur), and open upan interface for communication. In particular embodiments, some inputsto personal computing device 400 can be performed by tapping or pressingon a certain region of the screen 405. For example, in FIG. 4, a usercan select a message received from another user by tapping on message410. By tapping on message 410, field 415 may be displayed on screen405, allowing the user to communicate with the other user by inputtingdata into field 415. As shown in FIG. 5A, to permit a user to input datainto a field, for example, when a field is selected, the personalcomputing device 400 can display a virtual keyboard 450 on the touchscreen 405. The user can input data by typing on the symbols of thevirtual keyboard 450 to input corresponding letters, numbers, symbols,etc. For example, to input a letter “P” into a field, the user can tapthe region of the touch screen 405 marked as a box marked with a letter“P” (i.e., the “P” key 452). Similarly, to input a line break or thecompletion of an entry, the user can tap the “Enter” key 454, marked asa box with the word “Enter.”

Unfortunately, during a communications session, a set of keys displayedto the user for input (such as on virtual keyboard 450) may notrepresent symbols that the user desires to communicate with. As anexample, a user may desire to communicate in a particular language, suchas Russian. However, the virtual keyboard 450 displayed to the user mayonly allow the user to communicate in English. As such, the user may berequired to change the settings of the personal computing device 400 orof an application running on the personal computing device 400 in orderto view a set of keys that allow the user to communicate in Russian(instead of English). This changing of settings, however, may becumbersome for a user who is competent in multiple languages. Forexample, when a user is competent in multiple languages, the user maydesire to communicate with some people (such as members of the user'sfamily) in one language (such as Russian) but may also desire tocommunicate with other people (such as the user's friends) in adifferent language (such as English). In order to do so, the user may berequired to switch back and forth between keys that allow the user tocommunicate in Russian and keys that allow the user to communicate inEnglish.

According to one aspect of the disclosed subject matter, a personalcomputing device 400 may automatically display symbols that the userintends to communicate with. For example, as shown in FIG. 5A, thepersonal computing device 400 can determine a set of symbols (such as aset of English symbols shown in virtual keyboard 450 a of FIG. 5A or aset of Russian symbols shown in virtual keyboard 450 b of FIG. 5B) forcommunication by the user in a communications session. In such asexample, the personal computing device 400 may determine that acommunication session involving the user includes a particular socialcontext that corresponds to symbols in the English language, and mayautomatically display the virtual keyboard 450 a with symbols in theEnglish language (as shown in FIG. 5A). On the other hand, the personalcomputing device 400 may determine that the social context correspondsto the Russian language, and may automatically display the virtualkeyboard 450 b with symbols in the Russian language. Accordingly, thepersonal computing device 400 can determine the set of symbols that theuser is most likely (or desires) to communicate with, and may displaysuch symbols to the user automatically.

FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary method for a symbol-adaptable keyboardaccording to the disclosed subject matter. The method begins at step610, where a communications session is detected. A communicationssession may include any communications session. For example, acommunications session may include an e-mail sent from the user, a SMSmessage sent from the user, an IM session involving the user, a post bythe user to a profile page of another user (such as the user posting tothe profile page of one of the user's friends), a comment by the user oncontent associated with another user (such as a comment by the userabout a picture uploaded by one of the user's friends), any other typeof communication by the user, or any combination of the preceding. Inparticular embodiments, the communication session may be between theuser and one or more additional users. For example, the communicationsession may be between the user and one or more of the user's friends.

In particular embodiments, the communication session may be detected bythe personal computing device 400 in any manner. For example, thecommunication session may be detected based on the user's selection tocommunicate with another user. In particular, the user may decide thatthey want to communicate with their friend about going to dinner. Assuch, the user may initiate a communication session with their friend(such as by selecting their friend's profile page or selecting theirfriend's name). As another example, the communication session may bedetected based on the user's selection to view a communication receivedfrom another user. In particular, the user may select to view a messagereceived from their friend about dinner (such as by selecting anindication on the user's profile page that the user's friend has sent amessage to the user). In particular embodiments, such initiations of acommunication session may be detected by the personal computing device400.

At step 620, a social context of the communication session isdetermined. A social context of the communication session may includeinformation about one or more circumstances of the communicationsession. As a first example, the social context of the communicationsession may include a particular language that the user and another usercommunicate in (such as if both the user and the user's friendcommunicate in Russian). In such an example, the language that the userscommunicate in may be determined in any suitable manner, such as basedon, for example, the information included in the user profile of theuser, the language of the text in the user profile, the language of thecontent generated by the user, the language competency information ofthe user's connections (e.g., friends, fans, etc.) and/or other socialsignals. As a second example, the social context of the communicationsession may include a previous communication between the user andanother user (such as if during the last communication, the user and theuser's friend communicated in English or agreed to communicate inEnglish during the next communication). As a third example, the socialcontext of the communication session may include a relationship of theuser to another user (such as if the user and the user's family onlycommunicate with each other in Chinese). As further examples, the socialcontext of the communication session may include one or more computingdevices being used by the user and the other users in the communicationsession (such as the identity or type of computing devices being used),software applications being used by the user and the other users in thecommunication session (such as if the user and the user's friend arecommunicating while playing a particular game, such as chess), subjectmatter of the communication session (such as the user and the user'sfriend using particular acronyms (such as “LOL”) while communicating),other information about one or more circumstances of the communicationsession, or any combination of the preceding.

At step 630, a set of symbols for communication by the user in thecommunication session is determined. In particular embodiments, the setof symbols may be determined based at least in part on the socialcontext (determined above in step 620). As a first example, based on thedetermination that the user and the user's friend communicate inRussian, personal computing device 400 may determine a set of Russiansymbols for communication by the user in the communication session withthe user's friend. As a second example, based on the determination thatthe previous communication between the user and the user's friend was inEnglish (or the determination that the user and the user's friend haddecided to communicate in English during their next communication),personal computing device 400 may determine a set of English symbols forcommunication by the user in the communication session with the user'sfriend. As a third example, based on the determination that the user andthe user's family only communicate with each other in Chinese, personalcomputing device may determine a set of Chinese symbols forcommunication by the user in the communications session with the user'sfamily members (such as the user's father). As a fourth example, basedon the determination that that the user and the user's friend are bothcommunicating using their mobile phones (as opposed to a different typeof computing device, such as a tablet) and a further determination thatuser only communicates in English while using a mobile phone (as opposedto communicating in Russian while using a tablet), personal computingdevice 400 may determine a set of English symbols for communication bythe user with the user's friend. As a fifth example, based on thedetermination that the user and the user's friend are communicatingwhile playing chess (and further based on the determination that whileplaying chess, the user typically communicates in Russian), personalcomputing device may determine a set of Russian symbols for use by theuser in the communication session with the user's friend. As a sixthexample, based on the determination that the subject matter of thecommunication session between the user and the user's friend includesparticular acronyms (such as “LOL”), personal computing device 400 maydetermine a set of acronym symbols for communication by the user withthe user's friend.

In particular embodiments, the symbols determined by the personalcomputing device 400 may include any type of symbols. For example, thesymbols may be characters of a language, such as Russian, Chinese,Japanese, English, Spanish, any other language, or any combination ofthe preceding. As another example, the symbols may be alphanumericcharacters, acronyms, logograms, pictograms, ideograms, mathematicalsymbols, typographical symbols, images, any other symbols or anycombination of the preceding. For example, based on the determinationthat user and the user's friend typically communicate in the Englishlanguage, but communicate using various acronyms (such as “LOL”) andvarious pictograms (such as hearts and/or smiley faces), personalcomputing device 400 may determine a set of symbols that include Englishalphabet symbols and various acronym and/or pictogram symbols forcommunication by the user with the user's friend. In particularembodiments, the symbols determined by the personal computing device 400may include any number of symbols. For example, if the personalcomputing device 400 determines a set of Russian symbols for use by theuser during the communication session, the set of symbols may includeall or a portion of the Russian alphabet and/or any other typicalRussian symbols.

At step 640, a set of keys corresponding to the set of symbols isdisplayed to the user. For example, if personal computing device 400determines (at step 630) a set of Russian symbols for use by the user,personal computing device 400 may display keys corresponding to the setof Russian symbols. In particular embodiments, the set of symbols may bedisplayed to the user as a virtual keyboard 450. Furthermore, the set ofkeys may include all or part of the virtual keyboard 450. For example,if the set of symbols for use by the user are Russian symbols, theentire virtual keyboard 450 may include keys corresponding to Russiansymbols. On the other hand, if the determined set of symbols forcommunication by the user are acronyms, only a portion of virtualkeyboard 450 may include keys that correspond to such acronym symbols.At step, 650, the method ends.

Particular embodiments may repeat one or more steps of the method ofFIG. 6, where appropriate. Although this disclosure describes andillustrates particular steps of the method of FIG. 6 as occurring in aparticular order, this disclosure contemplates any suitable steps of themethod of FIG. 6 occurring in any suitable order. Moreover, althoughthis disclosure describes and illustrates particular components,devices, or systems carrying out particular steps of the method of FIG.6, this disclosure contemplates any suitable combination of any suitablecomponents, devices, or systems carrying out any suitable steps of themethod of FIG. 6. As an example, social-networking system 160 of FIG. 1may perform one or more steps of the method of FIG. 6 (such as, forexample, one or more of steps 610, 620, and 630 of the method of FIG.6). In such an example, the results of the steps performed bysocial-networking system 160 may be sent to personal computing device400, which may then display to the user the set of keys corresponding tothe set of symbols (as is discussed in step 640), in particularembodiments.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example computer system 700. In particularembodiments, one or more computer systems 700 perform one or more stepsof one or more methods described or illustrated herein. In particularembodiments, one or more computer systems 700 provide functionalitydescribed or illustrated herein. In particular embodiments, softwarerunning on one or more computer systems 700 performs one or more stepsof one or more methods described or illustrated herein or providesfunctionality described or illustrated herein. Particular embodimentsinclude one or more portions of one or more computer systems 700.Herein, reference to a computer system may encompass a computing device,and vice versa, where appropriate. Moreover, reference to a computersystem may encompass one or more computer systems, where appropriate.

This disclosure contemplates any suitable number of computer systems700. This disclosure contemplates computer system 700 taking anysuitable physical form. As example and not by way of limitation,computer system 700 may be an embedded computer system, a system-on-chip(SOC), a single-board computer system (SBC) (such as, for example, acomputer-on-module (COM) or system-on-module (SOM)), a desktop computersystem, a laptop or notebook computer system, an interactive kiosk, amainframe, a mesh of computer systems, a mobile telephone, a personaldigital assistant (PDA), a server, a tablet computer system, or acombination of two or more of these. Where appropriate, computer system700 may include one or more computer systems 700; be unitary ordistributed; span multiple locations; span multiple machines; spanmultiple data centers; or reside in a cloud, which may include one ormore cloud components in one or more networks. Where appropriate, one ormore computer systems 700 may perform without substantial spatial ortemporal limitation one or more steps of one or more methods describedor illustrated herein. As an example and not by way of limitation, oneor more computer systems 700 may perform in real time or in batch modeone or more steps of one or more methods described or illustratedherein. One or more computer systems 700 may perform at different timesor at different locations one or more steps of one or more methodsdescribed or illustrated herein, where appropriate.

In particular embodiments, computer system 700 includes a processor 702,memory 704, storage 706, an input/output (I/O) interface 708, acommunication interface 710, and a bus 712. Although this disclosuredescribes and illustrates a particular computer system having aparticular number of particular components in a particular arrangement,this disclosure contemplates any suitable computer system having anysuitable number of any suitable components in any suitable arrangement.

In particular embodiments, processor 702 includes hardware for executinginstructions, such as those making up a computer program. As an exampleand not by way of limitation, to execute instructions, processor 702 mayretrieve (or fetch) the instructions from an internal register, aninternal cache, memory 704, or storage 706; decode and execute them; andthen write one or more results to an internal register, an internalcache, memory 704, or storage 706. In particular embodiments, processor702 may include one or more internal caches for data, instructions, oraddresses. This disclosure contemplates processor 702 including anysuitable number of any suitable internal caches, where appropriate. Asan example and not by way of limitation, processor 702 may include oneor more instruction caches, one or more data caches, and one or moretranslation lookaside buffers (TLBs). Instructions in the instructioncaches may be copies of instructions in memory 704 or storage 706, andthe instruction caches may speed up retrieval of those instructions byprocessor 702. Data in the data caches may be copies of data in memory704 or storage 706 for instructions executing at processor 702 tooperate on; the results of previous instructions executed at processor702 for access by subsequent instructions executing at processor 702 orfor writing to memory 704 or storage 706; or other suitable data. Thedata caches may speed up read or write operations by processor 702. TheTLBs may speed up virtual-address translation for processor 702. Inparticular embodiments, processor 702 may include one or more internalregisters for data, instructions, or addresses. This disclosurecontemplates processor 702 including any suitable number of any suitableinternal registers, where appropriate. Where appropriate, processor 702may include one or more arithmetic logic units (ALUs); be a multi-coreprocessor; or include one or more processors 702. Although thisdisclosure describes and illustrates a particular processor, thisdisclosure contemplates any suitable processor.

In particular embodiments, memory 704 includes main memory for storinginstructions for processor 702 to execute or data for processor 702 tooperate on. As an example and not by way of limitation, computer system700 may load instructions from storage 706 or another source (such as,for example, another computer system 700) to memory 704. Processor 702may then load the instructions from memory 704 to an internal registeror internal cache. To execute the instructions, processor 702 mayretrieve the instructions from the internal register or internal cacheand decode them. During or after execution of the instructions,processor 702 may write one or more results (which may be intermediateor final results) to the internal register or internal cache. Processor702 may then write one or more of those results to memory 704. Inparticular embodiments, processor 702 executes only instructions in oneor more internal registers or internal caches or in memory 704 (asopposed to storage 706 or elsewhere) and operates only on data in one ormore internal registers or internal caches or in memory 704 (as opposedto storage 706 or elsewhere). One or more memory buses (which may eachinclude an address bus and a data bus) may couple processor 702 tomemory 704. Bus 712 may include one or more memory buses, as describedbelow. In particular embodiments, one or more memory management units(MMUs) reside between processor 702 and memory 704 and facilitateaccesses to memory 704 requested by processor 702. In particularembodiments, memory 704 includes random access memory (RAM). This RAMmay be volatile memory, where appropriate Where appropriate, this RAMmay be dynamic RAM (DRAM) or static RAM (SRAM). Moreover, whereappropriate, this RAM may be single-ported or multi-ported RAM. Thisdisclosure contemplates any suitable RAM. Memory 704 may include one ormore memories 704, where appropriate. Although this disclosure describesand illustrates particular memory, this disclosure contemplates anysuitable memory.

In particular embodiments, storage 706 includes mass storage for data orinstructions. As an example and not by way of limitation, storage 706may include a hard disk drive (HDD), a floppy disk drive, flash memory,an optical disc, a magneto-optical disc, magnetic tape, or a UniversalSerial Bus (USB) drive or a combination of two or more of these. Storage706 may include removable or non-removable (or fixed) media, whereappropriate. Storage 706 may be internal or external to computer system700, where appropriate. In particular embodiments, storage 706 isnon-volatile, solid-state memory. In particular embodiments, storage 706includes read-only memory (ROM). Where appropriate, this ROM may bemask-programmed ROM, programmable ROM (PROM), erasable PROM (EPROM),electrically erasable PROM (EEPROM), electrically alterable ROM (EAROM),or flash memory or a combination of two or more of these. Thisdisclosure contemplates mass storage 706 taking any suitable physicalform. Storage 706 may include one or more storage control unitsfacilitating communication between processor 702 and storage 706, whereappropriate. Where appropriate, storage 706 may include one or morestorages 706. Although this disclosure describes and illustratesparticular storage, this disclosure contemplates any suitable storage.

In particular embodiments, I/O interface 708 includes hardware,software, or both, providing one or more interfaces for communicationbetween computer system 700 and one or more I/O devices. Computer system700 may include one or more of these I/O devices, where appropriate. Oneor more of these I/O devices may enable communication between a personand computer system 700. As an example and not by way of limitation, anI/O device may include a keyboard, keypad, microphone, monitor, mouse,printer, scanner, speaker, still camera, stylus, tablet, touch screen,trackball, video camera, another suitable I/O device or a combination oftwo or more of these. An I/O device may include one or more sensors.This disclosure contemplates any suitable I/O devices and any suitableI/O interfaces 708 for them. Where appropriate, I/O interface 708 mayinclude one or more device or software drivers enabling processor 702 todrive one or more of these I/O devices. I/O interface 708 may includeone or more I/O interfaces 708, where appropriate. Although thisdisclosure describes and illustrates a particular I/O interface, thisdisclosure contemplates any suitable I/O interface.

In particular embodiments, communication interface 710 includeshardware, software, or both providing one or more interfaces forcommunication (such as, for example, packet-based communication) betweencomputer system 700 and one or more other computer systems 700 or one ormore networks. As an example and not by way of limitation, communicationinterface 710 may include a network interface controller (NIC) ornetwork adapter for communicating with an Ethernet or other wire-basednetwork or a wireless NIC (WNIC) or wireless adapter for communicatingwith a wireless network, such as a WI-FI network. This disclosurecontemplates any suitable network and any suitable communicationinterface 710 for it. As an example and not by way of limitation,computer system 700 may communicate with an ad hoc network, a personalarea network (PAN), a local area network (LAN), a wide area network(WAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), or one or more portions of theInternet or a combination of two or more of these. One or more portionsof one or more of these networks may be wired or wireless. As anexample, computer system 700 may communicate with a wireless PAN (WPAN)(such as, for example, a BLUETOOTH WPAN), a WI-FI network, a WI-MAXnetwork, a cellular telephone network (such as, for example, a GlobalSystem for Mobile Communications (GSM) network), or other suitablewireless network or a combination of two or more of these. Computersystem 700 may include any suitable communication interface 710 for anyof these networks, where appropriate. Communication interface 710 mayinclude one or more communication interfaces 710, where appropriate.Although this disclosure describes and illustrates a particularcommunication interface, this disclosure contemplates any suitablecommunication interface.

In particular embodiments, bus 712 includes hardware, software, or bothcoupling components of computer system 700 to each other. As an exampleand not by way of limitation, bus 712 may include an AcceleratedGraphics Port (AGP) or other graphics bus, an Enhanced Industry StandardArchitecture (EISA) bus, a front-side bus (FSB), a HYPERTRANSPORT (HT)interconnect, an Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, an INFINIBANDinterconnect, a low-pin-count (LPC) bus, a memory bus, a Micro ChannelArchitecture (MCA) bus, a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, aPCI-Express (PCIe) bus, a serial advanced technology attachment (SATA)bus, a Video Electronics Standards Association local (VLB) bus, oranother suitable bus or a combination of two or more of these. Bus 712may include one or more buses 712, where appropriate. Although thisdisclosure describes and illustrates a particular bus, this disclosurecontemplates any suitable bus or interconnect.

Herein, a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium or media mayinclude one or more semiconductor-based or other integrated circuits(ICs) (such, as for example, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) orapplication-specific ICs (ASICs)), hard disk drives (HDDs), hybrid harddrives (HHDs), optical discs, optical disc drives (ODDs),magneto-optical discs, magneto-optical drives, floppy diskettes, floppydisk drives (FDDs), magnetic tapes, solid-state drives (SSDs),RAM-drives, SECURE DIGITAL cards or drives, any other suitablecomputer-readable non-transitory storage media, or any suitablecombination of two or more of these, where appropriate. Acomputer-readable non-transitory storage medium may be volatile,non-volatile, or a combination of volatile and non-volatile, whereappropriate.

Herein, “or” is inclusive and not exclusive, unless expressly indicatedotherwise or indicated otherwise by context. Therefore, herein, “A or B”means “A, B, or both,” unless expressly indicated otherwise or indicatedotherwise by context. Moreover, “and” is both joint and several, unlessexpressly indicated otherwise or indicated otherwise by context.Therefore, herein, “A and B” means “A and B, jointly or severally,”unless expressly indicated otherwise or indicated otherwise by context.

The scope of this disclosure encompasses all changes, substitutions,variations, alterations, and modifications to the example embodimentsdescribed or illustrated herein that a person having ordinary skill inthe art would comprehend. The scope of this disclosure is not limited tothe example embodiments described or illustrated herein. Moreover,although this disclosure describes and illustrates respectiveembodiments herein as including particular components, elements,functions, operations, or steps, any of these embodiments may includeany combination or permutation of any of the components, elements,functions, operations, or steps described or illustrated anywhere hereinthat a person having ordinary skill in the art would comprehend.Furthermore, reference in the appended claims to an apparatus or systemor a component of an apparatus or system being adapted to, arranged to,capable of, configured to, enabled to, operable to, or operative toperform a particular function encompasses that apparatus, system,component, whether or not it or that particular function is activated,turned on, or unlocked, as long as that apparatus, system, or componentis so adapted, arranged, capable, configured, enabled, operable, oroperative.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method comprising: by a computing device,detecting a communication session between a first user and one or moresecond users; by the computing device, determining a social context ofthe communication session; by the computing device, determining based atleast in part on the social context a set of symbols for communicationby the first user in the communication session with the second users;and by the computing device, providing for display to the first user aset of keys corresponding to the set of symbols, the keys indicatingsymbols for input by the first user in the communication session.
 2. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the set of symbols is characters of alanguage.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of keys constituteall or part of a keyboard.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein thecommunication session comprises: an e-mail from the first user to one ormore of the second users; a Short Message Service (SMS) message from thefirst user to one or more of the second users; an instant messaging (IM)session involving the first user and one or more of the second users; apost by the first user to a profile page of one of the second users; ora comment by the first user on content associated with one or more ofthe second users.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicationsession is detected based at least in part on: the first user selectingto communicate with one or more of the second users; or the first userselecting to view a communication from one or more of the second users.6. The method of claim 1, wherein the social context of thecommunication session comprises: a language that the first and one ofmore of the second users communicate in; previous communication betweenthe first and one or more of the second users; a relationship of thefirst user to each of one or more of the second users; computing devicesbeing used by the first and one or more of the second users in thecommunication session; software applications being used by the first andone or more of the second users in the communication session; or subjectmatter of the communication session.
 7. The method of claim 1, whereinthe social context is determined based at least in part on implicitinformation associated with the first or second users in a social graphof a social-networking system, the social graph comprising a pluralityof nodes and edges connecting the nodes, at least one node in the graphcorresponding to the first user, at least one node in the graphcorresponding to each of one or more of the second users, at least oneof the nodes corresponding to the first user and at least one of thenodes corresponding to a second user being connected to each other byone or more edges.
 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the social contextis determined based at least in part on explicit information associatedwith the first or second users in a social graph of a social-networkingsystem, the social graph comprising a plurality of nodes and edgesconnecting the nodes, at least one node in the graph corresponding tothe first user, at least one node in the graph corresponding to each ofone or more of the second users, at least one of the nodes correspondingto the first user and at least one of the nodes corresponding to asecond user being connected to each other by one or more edges.
 9. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the computing device is a mobile computingdevice of the first user.
 10. One or more computer-readablenon-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable whenexecuted to: detect a communication session between a first user and oneor more second users; determine a social context of the communicationsession; determine based at least in part on the social context a set ofsymbols for communication by the first user in the communication sessionwith the second users; and provide for display to the first user a setof keys corresponding to the set of symbols, the keys indicating symbolsfor input by the first user in the communication session.
 11. The mediaof claim 10, wherein the set of symbols is characters of a language. 12.The media of claim 10, wherein the set of keys constitute all or part ofa keyboard.
 13. The media of claim 10, wherein the communication sessioncomprises: an e-mail from the first user to one or more of the secondusers; a Short Message Service (SMS) message from the first user to oneor more of the second users; an instant messaging (IM) session involvingthe first user and one or more of the second users; a post by the firstuser to a profile page of one of the second users; or a comment by thefirst user on content associated with one or more of the second users.14. The media of claim 10, wherein the communication session is detectedbased at least in part on: the first user selecting to communicate withone or more of the second users; or the first user selecting to view acommunication from one or more of the second users.
 15. The media ofclaim 10, wherein the social context of the communication sessioncomprises: a language that the first and one of more of the second userscommunicate in; previous communication between the first and one or moreof the second users; a relationship of the first user to each of one ormore of the second users; computing devices being used by the first andone or more of the second users in the communication session; softwareapplications being used by the first and one or more of the second usersin the communication session; or subject matter of the communicationsession.
 16. A system comprising: one or more processors; and a memorycoupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by theprocessors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to:detect a communication session between a first user and one or moresecond users; determine a social context of the communication session;determine based at least in part on the social context a set of symbolsfor communication by the first user in the communication session withthe second users; and provide for display to the first user a set ofkeys corresponding to the set of symbols, the keys indicating symbolsfor input by the first user in the communication session.
 17. The systemof claim 16, wherein the set of symbols is characters of a language. 18.The system of claim 16, wherein the set of keys constitute all or partof a keyboard.
 19. The system of claim 16, wherein the communicationsession comprises: an e-mail from the first user to one or more of thesecond users; a Short Message Service (SMS) message from the first userto one or more of the second users; an instant messaging (IM) sessioninvolving the first user and one or more of the second users; a post bythe first user to a profile page of one of the second users; or acomment by the first user on content associated with one or more of thesecond users.
 20. The system of claim 16, wherein the social context ofthe communication session comprises: a language that the first and oneof more of the second users communicate in; previous communicationbetween the first and one or more of the second users; a relationship ofthe first user to each of one or more of the second users; computingdevices being used by the first and one or more of the second users inthe communication session; software applications being used by the firstand one or more of the second users in the communication session; orsubject matter of the communication session.